Data Security Job Trends in the South East

Data Security
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Data Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 185 223
Rank change year-on-year -30 +38 +31
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 115 105 115
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.64% 1.17% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 1.34% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 61 53 66
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,450 £44,616
25th Percentile £45,000 £58,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £65,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.31% -21.21% +43.48%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% -7.14% +16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Data Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,772 7,855 10,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.30% 87.58% 80.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9,193 4,165 6,112
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Data Security job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Security
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Security

Data Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in the South East over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Security in the South East

Data Security
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -31 43 £45,000 +5.88% 8
Surrey -10 40 £62,500 -16.67% 1
Thames Valley -21 24 £62,500 -3.10% 23
Buckinghamshire -1 11 £57,000 -3.39% 9
Oxfordshire -42 10 £62,500 +33.90% 4
West Sussex -17 4 £85,000 +30.77% 4
Berkshire -8 3 £65,000 -6.93% 10
East Sussex -11 3 £85,000 -5.56%
Middlesex - 1 £97,500 -
Data Security
England

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.87%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (25.22%) Azure
2 14 (12.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 10 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.96%) AWS
4 8 (6.96%) Power Platform
5 7 (6.09%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 7 (6.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (6.09%) Azure Databricks
6 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (2.61%) Azure API Management
7 3 (2.61%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.87%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.87%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.87%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.87%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 39 (33.91%) Firewall
1 39 (33.91%) Wi-Fi
2 37 (32.17%) Cisco Nexus
3 27 (23.48%) LAN
3 27 (23.48%) WAN
4 22 (19.13%) Internet
5 3 (2.61%) NGFW
6 1 (0.87%) ATM
6 1 (0.87%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (6.96%) Metadata
2 8 (6.96%) NoSQL
2 8 (6.96%) Power BI
2 8 (6.96%) SQL Server
3 7 (6.09%) Amazon QuickSight
3 7 (6.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (6.09%) DynamoDB
3 7 (6.09%) MongoDB
3 7 (6.09%) Snowflake Schema
3 7 (6.09%) Star Schema
4 3 (2.61%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.87%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (6.96%) Git
2 3 (2.61%) JIRA
General
1 30 (26.09%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (16.52%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.57%) Finance
4 6 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (5.22%) Local Government
5 4 (3.48%) Aerospace
6 3 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.87%) Banking
7 1 (0.87%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.87%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (48.70%) Senior
2 38 (33.04%) Analyst
3 28 (24.35%) Senior Analyst
4 27 (23.48%) Compliance Manager
5 26 (22.61%) Security Analyst
6 23 (20.00%) Network Analyst
6 23 (20.00%) Senior Network Analyst
7 22 (19.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 22 (19.13%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 22 (19.13%) Senior Security Analyst
8 17 (14.78%) Network Security Analyst
9 11 (9.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 11 (9.57%) Firewall Engineer
9 11 (9.57%) Security Engineer
9 11 (9.57%) Senior Firewall Engineer
9 11 (9.57%) Senior Security Engineer
9 11 (9.57%) SIEM Analyst
9 11 (9.57%) SIEM Engineer
10 10 (8.70%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (8.70%) Firewall Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.22%) MFC
2 4 (3.48%) ModSecurity
3 3 (2.61%) Terraform
3 3 (2.61%) YAML
4 1 (0.87%) OpenID
4 1 (0.87%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.04%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (6.96%) Management Information System
3 7 (6.09%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (6.09%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (6.09%) Product Ownership
4 6 (5.22%) Cloud Native
4 6 (5.22%) NHS
4 6 (5.22%) Security Posture
4 6 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.48%) CESG
6 3 (2.61%) Operational Technology
6 3 (2.61%) Social Media
7 2 (1.74%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.87%) CCTV
8 1 (0.87%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.87%) EPoS
8 1 (0.87%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (38.26%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (35.65%) Vulnerability Management
3 39 (33.91%) Incident Management
4 34 (29.57%) Network Load Balancing
4 34 (29.57%) Penetration Testing
5 29 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (23.48%) Security Operations
6 27 (23.48%) SIEM
7 26 (22.61%) Risk Management
8 23 (20.00%) Business Continuity
8 23 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 22 (19.13%) BCP
9 22 (19.13%) Business Continuity Planning
9 22 (19.13%) Threat Detection
10 19 (16.52%) Data Modelling
10 19 (16.52%) ETL
10 19 (16.52%) Project Delivery
10 19 (16.52%) Project Management
10 19 (16.52%) Regulatory Compliance
11 18 (15.65%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.65%) SQL
2 15 (13.04%) Python
3 13 (11.30%) C#
4 6 (5.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (7.83%) Degree
2 6 (5.22%) CISSP
2 6 (5.22%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.48%) CISM
3 4 (3.48%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.61%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (1.74%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (1.74%) OSCP
6 1 (0.87%) CCA
6 1 (0.87%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.87%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (18.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (15.65%) Data Quality
3 16 (13.91%) ISO 14001
3 16 (13.91%) ISO 9001
3 16 (13.91%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 15 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 13 (11.30%) GDPR
6 7 (6.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 6 (5.22%) NIST
8 4 (3.48%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.87%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.87%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (1.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.61%) Ansible
Vendors
1 39 (33.91%) Palo Alto
1 39 (33.91%) Qualys
2 37 (32.17%) Aruba
2 37 (32.17%) Cisco
3 15 (13.04%) Microsoft
4 11 (9.57%) Databricks
5 7 (6.09%) Informatica
5 7 (6.09%) Talend
6 3 (2.61%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.74%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.87%) Oracle